The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-17

is now Isl, ,214.510 out of total coinage Of
&256, Al ,64z The silver certificates in cir
culation amount to $123, ,290, ,S92, deductiug
which leaves SO, ,966, ,745 net standard dol
lars in the Treasury.
The total values Of the exports Of domes-
tic breadstuffs during the month Of Febru-
ary, 1887, amounted to 81, 1881 ,446 as against
SO, los, 157 for the same time in 1885, and for
eight months ended February 2s, 1887, s104,-
SAG, 40 against 81, 461, ,2S5 for q correspond
ing period in 1885.
. The gold coin and bullion in the Treas
ury, less 800 913 005 gold certific ates in cir
cuiation, amounts to S175, ,2S4,97.
the EAST.
Edgar Thompson, freight clerh at the
Lehigh b Susquehanna depot in Allentown,
Pa, is missing. It has transpired that he
dealt In stocks, his transactions amounting
to r. 900 or 5000 day. By sharp practice
he involved others, the amount being vari-
ousIy placed at from s15, 600 to $50, ,OOO
In joint Republican legislative caucus
at Albany, N. Y, on the Sth vote was
taken on the subject OF high liquor license.
The result was 81 for to against.
A mass memorial meeting in honor to the
late Senator and General John A. Logan
was held in Brooklyn, N. Y, OF the Sth.
the American Board Of Commissioners for
Foreign Missions in Madura, Ind, died of
fever at Auburndale, Mass, on the 9Th, two
days after the death Of his wife from pleuro-
pneumonia He had been a missionary in
India for thirteen years.
The Rhode Island Democratic State con-
vention met at Providence on the 9Th and
nominated John W. Davis, of Pawtucket,
for Governor; Samuel r. Honey, Of New
port, for Lieutenant Governor; Edward d.
McGuinness, Of Provieence, for Secretary
OF State; Ziba o. Slocum, Of Gloucester, for
Attorney General; and John G. Parry, of
South Kingston, for Treasurer.
The executive committee Of the Western
Union Telegraph Company metin New York
on the 8th and recommended that no divi-
dend be declared for the quarter.
Apassenger train ON the Pemberton &
Huntington branch Of the Pennsylvania
railroad was wrecked at Sharon, N. T., on
the 6th. The mail car and passenger car
was thrown from the track; the former was
burned and all the mails destroyed. A. A
Perrine, passenger, was killed. Con-
ductor Wilson was probably fatally injured,
and Daniel Rogers, baggagemaster, and
Aaron Rogers, engineer, were seriously
hurt. Several passengers were more or
less injured
The Victor Watch Company of No. 4s
Maiden lane, New York, which has been
flooding the mails with advertisements Of
cheap watches, is declared by the post-ofice
authorities to be fraud Of the first water
James T. Fitzgerald was found guilty Of
one hundred and thirty-five offenses against
the prohibitory law at Bennington, VT, a
few days ago, and was fined 1880 and
costs, with an alternative, il not paid, Of
three days Imprisonment at hard labor in
the House Of Correction for each dollar
Fitzgerald appealed, and the bail was fixed
at $4,000
The largest importation Of foreigners
made by one steamer for some time was
landed at Castle Garden, New York, on the
9th from the French steamer Cheirbon.
There were /, ,19l and all were Italians.
The street car strike at Boston, Mass,
was on the 9th officially declared OF by the
Knights of Labor.
The karion furnace, operated by the Nor
wegiau Iron Company, near Minersville,
Pa, vas blown in on the 9th, after an idle
ness Of ten years.
Frank Crawford and Thomas Pearsall
both residents Of Bridgeport, O., were
drowned in the Monongahela river, neal
Brownsville, Pa, on the night of the 9Th.
The Woman's Suffrage bill was defeated
in the New York Assembly OF the 9th by 9
vote of 4S to 6S
Erastus Lamb, president of the Provi
dence q Worcester Railroad Company, died
Of apoplexy, at Providence, r. L, on the 9th
The national officers of the Travellers
Protective Association have decided to urge
the name Of Mr.. M. j. Pickering, the chair
man OF their National Railroad COMMITTEES
upon President Cleveland as candidate
for railway commissioner under the Inter
State law.
The National Pipe and Tube Association
met at Pittsburgh on the 9th and reafirmed
the card rate. Tradewas reported brisk.
George g. Sickles, father of Genera
Daniel e. Sickles, died at New York, OF
the 9th.
Stephen Hutton, Of the firm Of Hutton,
Stntsmsn e Co., Of Ligonier, Pa, was bru.
tally beaten on the night Of the 8th by thres
burglars whom he surprised in his factory
Hutton is not expected to live.
Joseph F. Mayes, for twenty-five year.